Keyboard shortcuts

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Shortcuts for Tools

Icon

Tool

Press

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Selection

V

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Direct Selection

A

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Group Select

SHIFT+A

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Lasso Selection

Q

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Paintbrush

B

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Pen

P

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Add Anchor Point

=

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Delete Anchor Point

-

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Convert Anchor Point

SHIFT+C

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B-Spline

W

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Rectangle

M

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Ellipse

L

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Polygon

J

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Line

\

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Text

T

Slice tool

Slice

K

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Gradient Transform

G

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Scissors

C

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Color Dropper

I

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Attribute Dropper

SHIFT+I

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Pan

H

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Zoom

Z

To do this action

Press

Temporary Pan tool

Spacebar

Temporary Zoom In tool

CTRL+Spacebar

Temporary Zoom Out tool

CTRL+ALT+Spacebar

Actual Size (100%)

CTRL+1

Zoom In

CTRL+Equal Sign (=)

Zoom Out

CTRL+Minus Sign (-)

Fit All Objects in Screen

CTRL+0 (zero)

Pixel Preview

CTRL+ALT+Y

Show/Hide Wireframe display

CTRL+SHIFT+Y

Show/Hide Grid

CTRL+'

Show/Hide Guides

CTRL+;

Show/Hide Edges

CTRL+H

Show/Hide all panels

TAB

Help

F1

Show/Hide Action Bar

F3

Show/Hide Layers panel

F4

Show/Hide Properties panel

F5

Other Features

To do this action

Press

New Document

CTRL+N

Open Document

CTRL+O

Close Document

CTRL+W or CTRL+F4

Close All Documents

CTRL+SHIFT+W

Save Document

CTRL+S

Save As...

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Save a Copy...

CTRL+ALT+S

Revert

F12

Import Image

CTRL+I

Export

CTRL+E

Document Size

CTRL+ALT+P

Artboard Size

CTRL+ALT+C

Set Crop Marks

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+C

Print

CTRL+P

Exit

CTRL+Q

Undo

CTRL+Z

Redo

CTRL+SHIFT+Z or CTRL+Y

Cut

CTRL+X

Copy

CTRL+C

Copy XAML

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Paste

CTRL+V

Paste in Front

CTRL+F

Paste in Back

CTRL+B

Paste with Layer

CTRL+ALT+L

Options

CTRL+K

Snap to Grid

CTRL+SHIFT+'

Snap to Points

CTRL+ALT+'

Snap to Guides

CTRL+SHIFT+;

Snap to Pixels

CTRL+ALT+;

Group

CTRL+G

Ungroup

CTRL+SHIFT+G

Lock the selected layer or object

CTRL+2

Unlock All

CTRL+ALT+2

Hide the selected layer or object

CTRL+3

Show All

CTRL+ALT+3

Repeat Last Transform

CTRL+D

Bring to Front

CTRL+SHIFT+]

Bring Forward

CTRL+]

Send Backward

CTRL+[

Send to Back

CTRL+SHIFT+[

Convert Object to Path

CTRL+SHIFT+O

Reverse Path

CTRL+R

Increase Stroke width

]

Decrease stroke width

[

Fill/stroke with current solid color

Comma (,)

Fill/stroke with current gradient

Period (.)

Fill/stroke with None

Slash (/)

Restore Fill/Stroke to default setting

D

Switch between Fill and Stroke tab

X

Switch settings between Fill and Stroke

SHIFT+X

Join Path

CTRL+J

Close Path

ALT+J

Create Slice from Selection

CTRL+SHIFT+K

Make Compound Path

CTRL+8

Release Compound Path

CTRL+SHIFT+8

Make Clipping Mask Group with Top Path

CTRL+7

Release Clipping Mask Group

CTRL+SHIFT+7

Make Object Guide

CTRL+5

Release All Object Guides

CTRL+SHIFT+5

Make Warp Group

CTRL+ALT+W

Edit Warp Group

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+W

Reset Warp Group Grid

CTRL+ALT+R

Increase Warp Group Grid Resolution

CTRL+Period (.)

Decrease Warp Group Grid Resolution

CTRL+Comma (,)

Select All

CTRL+A

Deselect All

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Invert Selected Objects

CTRL+SHIFT+I

Cycle forward through the open documents

CTRL+TAB

Cycle backward through the open documents

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Delete the selected layer or object

DELETE